Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker wants a special session to deal with overturning of Roe v. Wade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Dubbed the Reproductive Health Act, the law established a "fundamental" right to abortion in Illinois, required health insurers to cover them, stripped husbands of a legal ability to block their wife's abortions and safeguarded physicians from licensure sanctions or criminal penalties if they performed abortions, among other protections for abortion rights.
41% : Pritzker is among numerous Illinois politicians issuing swift reactions to an opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court that ends constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years and allows individual states to ban the practice.
36% :"However, to women everywhere: abortion is still safe and legal in Illinois," Pritzker's office said in a statement, referring to a 2019 law that established abortion as a "fundamental right" for women in Illinois, safeguarding the procedure under state law.
35% : In a video statement, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said, as a prosecutor, she would never use the office to prosecute providers or people seeking abortion.

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